Do you enjoy take pictures? Are you looking for advice? Come on in and grab yourself something to drink!

How to apply for member:1. Post up a couple pictures you have taken.(These MUST be your pictures)2. Give us some information.3. Post up any website or Facebook page you might have. (This will be put alongside your name)4. Tell us what camera you are using, and maybe some of your lenses.

Rules:1. Respect other peoples work.2. Do not flame, give advice and constructive criticism.3. DO NOT STEAL ANYONE ELSE'S PICTURES!4. Post your source and give credit to whom you might borrow a picture from in any shape or form.5. Any other rules of TechPB applies here in this Club.

Other useful tips:Numbering your pictures might help other people help you.Give us some data on your picture, settings and so on.Be helpful to others.

Spyder- I really like your 3rd picture. Where is that? The only thing is that the tower in the center is chopped off and things like that annoy me personally, but not a huge issue for most people. I like the depth of field in your 1st picture. The second one just seems slightly off to me, I can't put my finger on it quite but it's still nice.

On another note, I also gave up on paintball awhile ago as well. I am also focusing on music and photography. Here's a combination of the two.

I would love to join! I have been tampering with photography for the last couple of months and I really am starting to enjoy it

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I am currently using a Nikon d50, as for lenses I have the 50mm 1.8D on there now. I also have the 18-55 kit lens and the 55-200mm VR in the mail I also had a Nikon Coolpix L110 that many of these shots were taken with. (Traded it for the two lenses)

Again I am very new to photography so my pictures are far from perfect

P.S I dont own photoshop (Didn't want to make over a 200 dollar purchase on software since I didn't know if I was going to stick with photography) That being said these are all untouched by any photo editing software.

Nice, Still haven't decided to sell my stuff yet though, so many memories in them

The third one was taken atthe venetian hotel in las vegas , Venice area in front on the second floor of the grand canal shops

How did you make your watermarks?

Very nice. It looked like Vegas, but I wasn't sure where.

As for my watermarks, I made them used Paintshop Pro X4. It is an alternative program to photoshop that only runs for $50 right now and does virtually the same things needed for photographers for over half the price. Works amazing.

Thanks! Your pictures are looking good aswell! The 50mm came with the D50 from the guy i bought it from. The 18-55 and the 55-200 were traded for with my original camera which was a Nikon coolpix L110.

The water pictures is legit! The bit of water further back that is out of focus (I think its water) gives it a good feel and makes it interesting and not just a bunch of blank space. What do you use for lighting?

Figured it's just easier to link that than actually insert images while posting from my phone . All taken with a D3000 and its kit lens, although I'm looking in to a 35mm 1.8 and a 70-300 (VRII preferably) as soon as I have some money to throw around.

Blueminishooter - Believe it or not that out of focus part is the waters shadow. I haven't put money into lighting just yet so I use a regular table lamp (with the shade reversed so I can direct the light) a couple led flashlights and of course my on board camera flash. I usually put a small piece of paper over it so the flash is not over whelming.

I have a little experience in it. To have a really unique shot you can actually use a long exposure and use a flashlight to light paint some light onto the product. I also use two table lamps and in front of them I use a picture frame with 1 piece of paper in them.

That's an awesome studio lighting box for very cheap. Great people there as well. Make sure there is more than enough light for sure though. And a tripod or monopod to make sure you capture necessary details as well. Use the lowest aperture you have and the correct shutter speed to match it to make sure you get good lighted pictures. Then shoot them while on "p" to make sure they are correctly exposed.

Any opinions on lenses I should look at other than/instead of the 35 1.8G and 70-300 VR II? I don't plan on getting an FX body too soon and I don't shoot film at all (highly considering it though). There's no one thing in particular that I shoot - take a look at my Flickr/Fluidr for example. There's also other stuff not on that account that I can link as well.

Well if you get the 35 1.8 and the 70-300 plus you have the kit lens so you will be pretty much covered for any situation Only other lens that I would say to consider is the 50 1.8G. I have been using the 50 1.8d and really like it a lot

I was considering that as well, but I find that most of my shots with the kit lens are either around 30-40mm because that's just what worked best, or at 55mm because that's the furthest it can reach. I'm not sure how often I'd actually have a use for a 50. Anyway if I get the 35, I can always take a couple steps closer and get a similar shot to what the 50 would've done

Sounds like the 35 will be a good fit then. My d50 came with the 50 so I guess I am just use to it I actually have the 18-55 and the 55-200 VR lenses coming in the mail tomorrow. I've used the 18-55 before on many of my friends camera's and really liked it.

Your off to a great start! What camera are you using? The only thing I can see with making the pictures a bit better is maybe work on improving the settings (if you are using a dslr) I can tell that it was a bright day when you took those pictures so using a higher shutter speed/ smaller aperture would help with minimizing sun glare and will improve the details on the player. Like I said your off to a great start!

The difference between the 50mm 1.8D and the 50mm 1.8G is that the G contains a focusing motor inside the lens. The d uses the internal focusing motor that is housed in the camera. Only some Nikon camera models have this focusing motor housed in the body (Also known as the screw drive) such as the d50, d90 and some others. Models such as the d40, d60, d3000, d3100, d5000, d5100 and some others cant use the AF- D lenses. When you put an AF- d lens on a model without the internal focusing motor the lens will only be able to focus manually.

Photography is getting to be an obsession for me haha. I get out and shoot when ever I can and sometimes I just go for a walk and take my camera with me. I bought the d50 with the 50mm 1.8d so that is what I have been using but just received the 18-55 kit lens and the 55-200 lens today in the mail so we will see soon which one I shoot the most with.